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and didn't believe any one else could. He also said that in 

 his section, crown gall was not considered seriously and the 

 growers did not think it diminished the yield. This is what 

 the beginner in raspberry growing is up against. So long 

 as nurserymen think, or rather make themselves believe 

 against what common sense tells them is right, that crown 

 gall is not injurious to raspberries, just so long is it going 

 to be dangerous to set plants that one does not know the 

 source of. We have been perpetually on our guard in buy- 

 ing plants and have refused some sent us. Yet a year ago 

 we set a few that had evidently been infected although they 

 did not show gall themselves. What was the result? This 

 last summer those plants were stunted and mildewed and 

 j)ractically worthless. They were pulled out and the roots 

 were found covered with galls, some nearly as large as hens 

 eggs. So on^ should not only consider the plants them- 

 selves but the field where the.y were grown. Probably gall 

 is distributed by the St. Eegis more than any other variety 

 imt one should look out especially for Welch, Brilliant, Per- 

 fection and others grown largely in sections known to be 

 overrun with gall. 



Ah we are trying to be successful with our raspberries 

 Vt'e are now getting our plants in small quantities, setting 

 them by themselves, and, if, after watching them a couple 

 of years, we consider them worthy of large plantings, we 

 have enough young plants to get a good start. If the plants 

 develop crown gall it is much easier and less expensive to 

 eradicate fifty plants than it is five acres. 



On blackcaps we find that the only serious disease is 

 anthracnose and that can be controlled by keeping the af- 

 fected plants cut out. We had some anthracnose but we 

 kept it cut out two years and this summer I was not able to 

 find an affected cane. 



The two principal insect enemies of the raspberry are, 

 lirst: the cane borer which attacks the young canes and is 

 easily controlled by cutting off the top of the cane below 

 the double row of dots between which the egg is laid. 



